Since Lanner: What I've Learned, What I Wonder At a time when touching a student can trigger disciplinary action, is it fair to retroactively apply current standards of behavior to teachers?

"I don’t think there are easy answers to these and many other such “gray area” cases, and I struggle with a response, not only as a journalist but simply as a member of the Jewish community.

We’ve come a long way in the last dozen years in terms of awareness of abuse. But we still have a long way to go in thinking first of the victims and potential future victims, and in being a confident and responsible community rather than one fearful and insecure.

In the end it’s not about “airing our dirty laundry in public.” It’s about cleaning it, and keeping it clean."

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